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Comment on Still at the top. Whew. And thanks! by Michael Jasper

Michael Jasper — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:36:26 +0000

Hi Chris — thanks so much for the feedback! I’m kicking myself for my over-long synopsis — that’s the one thing I felt I missed the bus on. I thought we were supposed to give a bigger picture of the story, and ended up telling too much.

I’m surprised people even read those! I rarely do — I just wanna read the story. Hope it didn’t ruin TOO much of the fun that’s (hopefully) to come.

I need to track down your Houdini comic — looks cool.

Thanks for stopping by!

Comment on Still at the top. Whew. And thanks! by Chris

Chris — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:16:43 +0000

Hey, thought I would chime in here as well as Facebook. I, too, was a bit disoriented, but the concept held true and kept me going panel after panel, and towards the end it was apparent that two different POV’s were converging.

I read the synopsis at the Zuda site and now I wish I hadn’t — because I know this is going to be the winner and I would have rather learned some of the that as the story unfolded! But that has to be hard, figuring out what to include to sell the idea & What’s To Come to the readers to get their votes, at the risk of giving away too much.

There does seem to be plenty of room for surprises, of course, and I can’t wait to see HOW what has been foretold actually resolves.

As soon as I get a little time I plan on checking out some of your other stuff on this site, Mr. Jasper!

Comment on Comics Comment Contest: Name That Villain! by Michael Jasper

Michael Jasper — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:08:53 +0000

We have a random winner: “tammyb”!

Comment on Still at the top. Whew. And thanks! by Michael Jasper

Michael Jasper — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:05:52 +0000

Good feedback, Sarah. Actually, we sorta wanted that section on the bottom to be a little disorienting. Hopefully it wasn’t too frustrating. We wanted things to be weird, and induce that sensation in the reader.

I thought the way Niki did the color gradients (getting darker in the bottom 1/3) set it off nicely. But yeah, every reader’s different.

Thanks again for reading!

Comment on Still at the top. Whew. And thanks! by Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:41:21 +0000

I suppose JimJamz has a point. I, too, had to read a while before I understood that the bottom long panel was a parallel series of actions. Perhaps a black bar (or red) separating the two … or the old standby of the mid Saturday afternoon cowboy oaters, “Back at the ranch” kind of comment.

Still, though, it’s far from “shaky”–good, solid comic!

Comment on Excellent interview up at Hypergeek by Mike

Mike — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:46:05 +0000

Thanks so much for reading, Sarah! And for voting!

Hope to tell you the rest of the story soon… :)

Comment on Excellent interview up at Hypergeek by Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:36:41 +0000

Sure wish I could vote more than once. Beautiful work!

Comment on Building a comic, panel by panel by An Interview with Michael Jasper & Niki Smith About In Maps & Legends,Thier Current Zuda Comics Monthly Competition Entry | Hypergeek

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:28:30 +0000

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Comment on Building a comic, panel by panel by Michael Jasper

Michael Jasper — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:17:55 +0000

Thanks, Sarah! I’m glad you liked it — I know you have high standards. Whew.

Hope you went through the trouble of voting — the ol’ race is tightening up! Tell your friends, far and wide, etc. :)

Comment on Building a comic, panel by panel by Michael Jasper

Michael Jasper — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:16:32 +0000

Thanks, Martin! Writing comics has been a blast so far — different from writing novels and stories, and even better in some ways, especially getting to see the finished product so soon.

Thanks again for dropping by!

Comment on Building a comic, panel by panel by Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:12:42 +0000

Fascinating account; your descriptions, as always, totally vivid. Really liked the way the comic turned out, start to finish.

Comment on Building a comic, panel by panel by Martin

Martin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:56:14 +0000

Always love to see the process other creative teams do! This is really great!

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Comment on “American Idol” Meets Batman. Or… Zuda! by Michael Jasper

Michael Jasper — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:42:04 +0000

Thanks for the support, and thanks for reading, everyone!

Comment on “American Idol” Meets Batman. Or… Zuda! by Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:53:23 +0000

On my way over there right now…congratulations!